Key Issues

As the voice of Victorian community housing organisations, big and small, CHIA Vic is in a sound position to reflect industry views and provide leadership on issues that impact on our members, tenants, and the wider community.

The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) has created a new Victorian Housing Register (VHR), which involves the creation of a single register of applications for both public housing and community housing.
The register went live in August 2016, managing all vacancies in public housing, as well as referrals to community housing.

The Community Housing Industry Association Victoria is putting together an industry development plan - and we need your input.

Research commissioned by CHIA Vic has quantified the shortfall in social and affordable housing in Victoria.
Key findings of the research, by Swinburne University's Professor Terry Burke, found that:
to keep Victorian social housing supply at 3.5 per cent of all housing would require an additional 30,800 dwellings by 2031 and 66,203 by 2051 - which translates to more than 1,900 new dwellings each year.

CHIA Vic's focus is the representative body for community housing organisations in Victoria, however, national issues, such as negative gearing, the National Affordable Housing Agreement, and the establishment of a bond aggregator to encourage investment in affordable housing all have an impact on our sector.
As part of our commitment to ensuring the community housing sector has strong representation at both a state and national level, CHIA Vic membership includes membership of the national peak body, the Community Industry Housing Association (CHIA).

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CHIA Victoria, and CHIA Vic, is the trading name of the Community Housing Federation of Victoria (CHFV).

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

CHIA Vic acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures; and to elders both past and present.